A piece of Cake is Ms. Brown’s memoir. It is a sad story of hopelessness, despair, and finally success.
The story begins with an eleven year old girl’s life after her mother dies from an epileptic seizure at the age of thirty-four. The first time she meets her real father is in court asking for custody because he thinks he will get the life insurance. Her life is never the same and becomes horrible once she and her brother are introduced to the Foster Care system. She has to fend for herself and survive on her own in any way that she can. At the age of 11 she is raped, introduced to prostitution, drugs, and alcohol. This is only the beginning; yes it gets much worse.
This book really opened my eyes. I never realized how horrible The Foster Care system can be. It is really awful because the system is so overwhelmed with children they turn a blind eye to the abuse. The things that Ms. Brown endured as a young woman are heartbreaking and devastating. It was very difficult for me to finish this book.
Today, she is a well respected lawyer at a top California
